1Mommfa anantwie anaa nnwan a wɔadi dɛm mmɔ afɔdeɛ mma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ nʼakyiwadeɛ.
2Sɛ ɛba sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa a ɔka mo ho wɔ kuro baako bi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no mu ayɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim, atia apam no 3sɛ ɔresom anyame foforɔ anaa ɔresom owia, ɔsrane anaa ɔsoro atumfoɔ bi a mabra no, na 4sɛ mote saa asɛm no a, monhwehwɛ mu yie. Sɛ ɛyɛ nokorɛ na wɔkɔ mu hunu sɛ ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ na wayɛ wɔ Israel a, 5momfa saa ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa no a wayɛ saa bɔne no mmra mo kuropɔn ɛpono ano na monsi no aboɔ nkum no. 6Adansefoɔ baanu anaa baasa ano asɛm so na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgyina kum saa ɔbarima no. Nanso, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔgyina ɔdanseni baako ano asɛm so kum obi. 7Adansefoɔ no to ɔboɔ a ɛdi ɛkan a, nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa nso bɛto wɔn deɛ de akum onipa no. Saa ɛkwan yi so na mobɛfa atu onipa bɔnefoɔ ase afiri mo mu.
Asɛnniiɛ
8Sɛ wɔde nsɛm bi ba mo asɛnniiɛ a ne die yɛ mo den sɛ mobɛbu ho atɛn, sɛ ɛyɛ awudie, asɛnnie, anaasɛ ntɔkwa a, momfa wɔn nkɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo no. 9Monkɔ asɔfoɔ a wɔyɛ Lewifoɔ ne ɔtemmufoɔ a ɔte adwa mu saa ɛberɛ no nkyɛn. Mommisa wɔn na wɔnkyerɛ mo atɛn a mommuo. 10Monni gyinaeɛ a wɔbɛsi no so pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ beaeɛ a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛyi ama mo no hɔ. Monhwɛ yie na monni biribiara a wɔbɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. 11Monni mmara a wɔkyerɛ mo ne gyinaeɛ a wɔbɛsi ama mo no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monnnane deɛ wɔka kyerɛ mo no ani. Monnkɔ nifa anaa benkum. 12Ɔbarima a ɔbɛbu ɔtemmufoɔ anaa ɔsɔfoɔ a ɔgyina hɔ resom Awurade mo Onyankopɔn animtia no, wɔnkum no. Ɛsɛ sɛ motɔre amumuyɛsɛm ase wɔ Israel. 13Nnipa nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro na wɔremmu animtia bio.
Ɔhene
14Sɛ moduru asase a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de rema mo no so na mofa tena so na moka sɛ. “Momma yɛnsi yɛn so ɔhene te sɛ aman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no nyinaa a,” 15monhwɛ sɛ mobɛpa obi a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn bɛyi no asi mo so ɔhene. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ mo nuanom no mu bi. Mommfa ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔnyɛ mo nua Israelni nsi mo so ɔhene. 16Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa ɔhene no pɛ apɔnkɔ dodoɔ sɛ nʼagyapadeɛ anaasɛ ɔma nnipa sane kɔ Misraim kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ dodoɔ wɔ hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade aka akyerɛ mo sɛ. “Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosane kɔ mo akyi bio.” 17Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware yerenom bebree anyɛ saa a, nʼakoma bɛfiri Awurade so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔboaboa dwetɛ ne sika pii ano.
18Sɛ ɔtena ahennwa no so sɛ ɔhene a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtwerɛ mmara nwoma no wɔ mmobɔeɛ so wɔ Lewifoɔ asɔfoɔ anim na ɔfa. 19Mmerɛ dodoɔ a ɔte ase no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkora mmara a ɛwɔ ne nkyɛn no na ɔkenkan no daa sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛdi mmara no so na wasuro Awurade ne Onyankopɔn. 20Kenkan a ɔkenkan no daa no remma ɔnyɛ ahantan, nhoran ne ho nkyerɛ sɛ ɔsene ne manfoɔ no. Ɛbɛsi no kwan sɛ ɔbɛtwe ne ho kakra mpo afiri saa mmara yi ho. Yei bɛsi no gyinaeɛ sɛ ɔne nʼasefoɔ bɛdi adeɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ bebree so wɔ Israel.
1Suppose an ox or sheep has anything at all wrong with it. Then don’t sacrifice it to the Lord your God. He hates it.
2Someone living among you might do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God. It might happen in one of the towns the Lord is giving you. That person is breaking the Lord’s covenant. 3The person might have worshiped or bowed down to other gods. That person might have bowed down to the sun or moon or stars in the sky. I have commanded you not to do these things. 4When you hear that people have done something like that, check the matter out carefully. If it’s true, an evil thing has been done in Israel. The Lord hates that. 5So take the person who has done that evil thing to your city gate. Put that person to death by throwing stones at them. 6Two or three witnesses are required to put someone to death. No one can be put to death because of what only one witness says. Two or three witnesses are required. 7The witnesses must throw the first stones. Then the rest of the people must also throw stones. Get rid of that evil person.
Law Courts
8People will bring their cases to your courts. But some cases will be too hard for you to judge. They might be about murders, attacks or other crimes. Then take those hard cases to the place the Lord your God will choose. 9Go to a priest, who is a Levite. And go to the judge who is in office at that time. Ask them for their decision. They will give it to you. 10They’ll hand down their decisions at the place the Lord will choose. You must do what they decide. Be careful to do everything they tell you to do. 11Act according to whatever they teach you. Accept the decisions they give you. Don’t turn away from what they tell you. Don’t turn to the right or the left. 12Someone might show that they don’t respect the judge. Or they will show that they don’t respect the priest. The priest will serve the Lord your God at the place God will choose. If anyone doesn’t show respect for these people, that person must be put to death. Remove that evil person from Israel. 13All the Israelites will hear about it. And they will be afraid to disrespect a judge or priest again.
Appoint the King the Lord Chooses
14You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. You will take it as your own. You will make your homes in it. When you do, you will say, “Let’s appoint a king over us, just like all the nations around us.” 15When that happens, make sure you appoint over yourselves a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your own people. Don’t appoint over yourselves someone from another country. Don’t choose anyone who isn’t from one of the tribes of Israel. 16The king must not get large numbers of horses for himself. He must not make the people return to Egypt to get more horses. The Lord has told you, “You must not go back there again.” 17The king must not have many wives. If he does, they will lead him astray. He must not store up large amounts of silver and gold.
18When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he must make for himself a copy of the law. He must write on a scroll the law that I am teaching you. He must copy it from the scroll of a priest, who is a Levite. 19The king must keep the scroll close to him at all times. He must read it all the days of his life. Then he can learn to have respect for the Lord his God. He can carefully obey all the words of this law and these rules. 20He won’t think of himself as being better than his people are. He won’t turn away from the law. He won’t turn to the right or the left. Then he and his sons after him will rule over his kingdom in Israel for a long time.
